Social Research: An International Quarterly

"Abolition Then and Now"—our winter 2025 issue—is now available! Read it on @ProjectMUSE: 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/56302 1/2

Is a rights-based approach enough? Carol Rovane’s “Rights Culture” explores why activists cling to "rights" despite their failure to end systemic inequality. If we dropped the banner of "rights," what new forms of liberation could we achieve? muse.jhu.edu/article/981031

This #TBT, in preparation for our issue on “Gaslighting,” we reexamine “Cons and Scams: Their Place in American Culture.” Do these classic deceptions pave the way for modern gaslighting? muse.jhu.edu/issue/39869 2/2

From "sucker lists" to predatory colleges, we’ve always been fascinated by the "aristocrats of crime." 1/2

☛ Shelley Stamp ☛ Nora Gilbert ☛ Paige L. Sweet ☛ Aurora Donzelli ☛ Sanford F. Schram (@SanfordSch80560) ☛ Jason Hannan (@jasonwhannan) ☛ David Gillborn ☛ G. Alex Sinha ☛ Kristen R. Ghodsee ☛ Marc Tuters 2/2

🚨🚨 “Gaslighting”—our Spring 2026 issue—is now at the printer, expected to be published in the end of the month. It will have articles by: 1/2

Among Berger’s publications in Social Research is the article “Towards a Sociological Understanding of Psychoanalysis” (1965), which examines psychoanalysis not just as a therapy but as a vast cultural phenomenon. jstor.org/stable/40969766 3/3

During that time he served as the editor of Social Research. A self-described “accidental sociologist,” he’s famous for contributions to the sociology of knowledge and sociology of religion. 2/3

#BOTD in 1929 in Vienna, Austria, was sociologist and theologian Peter L. Berger. After receiving his PhD from the New School for Social Research in 1954, Berger returned to the New School in the mid-1960s as a professor. 1/3

He argues that these movements challenge traditional institutional politics by demanding immediate control over political elites who increasingly affect their private lives. jstor.org/stable/40970399 3/3

In addition to his positions in German universities, Offe taught at the New School in 1993 and 1999. In his 1985 article, "New Social Movements," Offe explores how the blurring boundaries between "state" and "civil society" have birthed a new paradigm of politics. 2/3

Today we celebrate political sociologist Claus Offe, who was #BOTD in 1940 in Berlin, Germany. His critical insights into the "disorganized capitalism" of Western societies have profoundly shaped our understanding of the modern state and its crises. 1/3

The #Oscars celebrate the magic of film, but what happens when the camera is a witness? Explore this question in "Photography and Film as Evidence." From AI surveillance to citizen witness videos, this 2022 issue deconstructs the truth behind the image. bit.ly/4dhRQzg

Erika Lee’s “Americans Must Rule America: Xenophobia in the United States” explores how an entrenched fear of the “other" continues to shape American democracy and capitalism. muse.jhu.edu/article/851197 2/2

From colonial roots to the modern era, xenophobia proves it’s more than a fringe sentiment—it’s a systemic force embedded in US history. 1/2

Discover how one teacher turns literacy into a tool for political power. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… 2/2

Education is not just about lessons; it is about liberation. Satoria Ray and Bettina L. Love explore how fugitive curricular spaces disrupt traditional schooling to foster self-determination and world-making. 1/2

Marking six years since the COVID-19 pandemic put the entire world on pause, this #TBT revisits Summer 2020’s “In Time of Plague.” From racial health gaps to "social triage," these revelations on inequality and policy continue to pervade current society. muse.jhu.edu/issue/42917

In his 1978 article "From Marx to Aristotle, from Aristotle to Us," he critiques the limits of Karl Marx’s value theory by returning to Aristotle's view on commensurability. jstor.org/stable/40970351 2/2

Philosopher, economist, and social critic Cornelius Castoriadis was #BOTD in 1922 in Constantinople. He cofounded the Socialisme ou Barbarie group and developed the theory of the "imaginary institution of society," emphasizing human autonomy. 1/2

What does abolition look like in academia? Joshua Dubler & Kristin Doughty’s “‘What Would It Mean to Decarcerate a Campus?’ Reflections on a Decade of Trying” recounts the history of decarceral organizing & teaching at one university. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…